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1 Boosting learner vocabulary for exam classes Kat Robb

2 Overview Learning vocabulary Recording vocabulary Using vocabulary
4. Teaching Cambridge Exam Courses

3 Why is vocabulary important?

4 Discussion How do you teach vocabulary?
What percentage of the vocabulary you teach do you think learners retain? Do you think you could improve this? How?

5 Aims Increase learners’ awareness Encourage good learning habits
Discover learning style Promote autonomy Encourage active learning

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7 Assessment of vocabulary
Language (W) Grammar & Vocabulary (S) “…employ a range of vocabulary” Communicative achievement (W) “…hold reader’s attention” Content (W) Discourse Management (S) “…relevant contributions to task” Language (W) Lexical resource (S) “… a wide range of vocabulary”

8 Discussion How do you support your learners with their vocabulary learning?

9 How can learners increase their vocabularies?

10 Suffixes Adjectives able ive ful less ed ing ous ing al Nouns
ship ment ion ure ance ance ian hood

11 Word families To record (V) A record (N) A recording (N)

12 Pairing with adjectives

13 Adjectives with ‘partners’

14 Discussion How do you encourage your learners to record vocabulary?

15 Recording vocabulary Vocab journal by word/topic category
Personalised glossaries (wordsmyth.com) Tables Diagrams – tree, spider, mindmap Example sentences in context Images Vocab cards with definiton – (

16 Word tables - 2 SPORT PERSON PLACE football footballer pitch athletics
athlete track golf golfer course tennis tennis player court

17 Diagrams Word tree Phrasal verb flow chart Mind map Word circle

18 Retrieving vocabulary
Highlighting in use Talk to yourself… Vocab cards - Test yourself - Dictionary work -

19 Quizlet.com

20 Vocabulary.com

21 Dictionary.com

22 Games (B1-B2) Vocabulary & grammar Quiz your English

23 Games Cambridge English FC (B2-C1) Vocabulary & grammar

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27 Elementary Pre-Intermediate
Intermediate Upper-Intermediate Advanced

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29 Listening & Reading

30 How can we support learers?
Nurture notebooks Review lexis with games/apps Learner glossaries – highlight in use Peer feedback Promote creativity Encourage experimentation

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32 Teaching Cambrige Exams Course: benefits
Professional development Career opportunities Cascade Learner needs

33 Course outline

34 Questions

35 Thank you @katrobb21 englishandtech.com


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